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M2 mitochondrial antibodies and urinary rough mutant bacteria in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and in patients with recurrent bacteriuria.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Mar 1993
Butler P, Valle F, Hamilton-Miller J M, Brumfitt W, Baum H, Burroughs A K
Abstract excerpt
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) patients have a higher incidence of recurrent urinary tract infection and an increased prevalence of rough forms (mutants) of E. coli in their stool samples than other chronic liver disease patients. PBC patients exhibit autoantibody reactivity against mitochondria, the most common antigen (M2) being a family of antigens with the major components having approximate molecular...
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